[tbb-bugs] #28227 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Fingerprinting via JavaScript's "navigator" variable
Tor Bug Tracker & Wiki
blackhole at torproject.org
Mon Oct 29 21:30:08 UTC 2018
#28227: Fingerprinting via JavaScript's "navigator" variable
-----------------------------+------------------------------------------
Reporter: 765472358523547 | Owner: tbb-team
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: Medium | Component: Applications/Tor Browser
Version: | Severity: Normal
Keywords: | Actual Points:
Parent ID: | Points:
Reviewer: | Sponsor:
-----------------------------+------------------------------------------
While the HTTP user-agent has the spoofed value, the real values can be
read via JavaScript over "navigator.appVersion", "navigator.platform", and
"navigator.userAgent", see
https://www.w3schools.com/jsref/tryit.asp?filename=tryjsref_nav_all .
--
Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/28227>
Tor Bug Tracker & Wiki <https://trac.torproject.org/>
The Tor Project: anonymity online
More information about the tbb-bugs
mailing list